Butch Robins

 Joseph Calvin Robins, *12-05-1949 Lebanon, VA
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Joanne McGowan, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Bluegrass Band
22 June 1974 Hound’s Ear Studio, Nashville, TN – Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robbins, Vassar Clements, David Holland (Norman Blake [gt/mandocello/vcl], Tut Taylor [dobro/mandolin], Sam Bush [mandolin/mandola], Butch Robbins [banjo], Vassar Clements [fiddle], David Holland [bass]]. Producer: Hank Deane
001 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN HDS 701
002 SAUERKRAUT ‘N’ SOLAR ENERGY HDS 701
003 THE OLD BROWN CASE HDS 701
004 TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN HDS 701
005 GOING HOME HDS 701
006 MCKINLEY BLUES HDS 701
007 OCONEE HDS 701
008 VASSAR AND DAVE HDS 701
ca. Fall 1976 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Butch Robins (Butch Robins [banjo/dobro], David Sebring [gt], Marty Stuart [gt], Norman Blake [gt],  Ronnie Reno [gt],  Buck White / Roland White/ Sam Bush [mandolin], Jimmy D. Brock [bass], Karl Himmel [percussion], James Bryan / Kenny Baker [fiddle]. Producedr: Butch Robins)
009 DUSTY MILLER   Rounder 0086
010 T TO THE 7TH POWER   Rounder 0086
011 WASHINGTON COUNTY   Rounder 0086
012 MONKEY IN THE GARDEN  Rounder 0086
013 STUMBLING   Rounder 0086
014 SCRUGGS MEDLEY   Rounder 0086
015 GREY EAGLE   Rounder 0086
016 FORTY YEARS LATE   Rounder 0086
017 SALLY GOODIN   Rounder 0086
018 ALABAMA BOY   Rounder 0086
019 TALLADEGA   Rounder 0086
1/5 August 1977/29 November 1977/1 December 1977 Mixing Lab, Newton, MA – Butch Robins (Butch Robins  [banjo], John Cowan [vcl],  John Kaparakis [gt], Curtis Burch [dobro], Sam Bush [mandolin], Bela Fleck [banjo], Jim Brock [bass])
020 EARL'S BREAKDOWN Rounder 0104
021 SLIPPIN' ON ICE Rounder 0104
022 TWELVE O'CLOCK, EH SONNY Rounder 0104
023 RURAL RETREAT Rounder 0104
024 MUSIC IN THE AIR Rounder 0104
025 MEAN OLD WORLD Rounder 0104
026 ON THE EDGE Rounder 0104
027 SAND AND FOAM Rounder 0104
028 I'M GOIN' AWAY Rounder 0104
029 POTTER'S FIELD Rounder 0104
030 IN THE BLUE LIGHT OF MORNING Rounder 0104
1980 unknown – Butch Robbins (Butch Robins [banjo], Alan O'Bryant [vcl/gt], Bobby Osborne [tnr vcl],  Sam Bush [mandolin], Randy Davis /Terry Smith [bass], Blaine Sprouse [fiddle]. Producer: Joseph Robins)
031 I'LL BE ON THAT GOOD ROAD SOMEDAY  Rounder 0130      
032 CUMBERLAND GAP  Rounder 0130                         
033 JERUSALEM RIDGE  Rounder 0130                        
034 MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEP  Rounder 0130                   
035 KANSAS CITY RAILROAD BLUES  Rounder 0130             
036 DEAR OLD DIXIE  Rounder 0130                         
037 CROSSIN' THE CUMBERLANDS  Rounder 0130               
038 CRIPPLE CREEK  Rounder 0130                          
039 MISSISSIPPI WALTZ  Rounder 0130                      
040 BLUEGRASS BREAKDOWN  Rounder 0130                    
041 BLUE RIDGE CABIN HOME  Rounder 0130    
October/November 1994 Top O‘ The Hill Recorders,  Nashville, TN/Hillsboro High School Vocation Studio, Nashville, TN/ Big Mo Studio, Kensington, MD/ Doobie Shea Studio, Ferrum, VA – Butch Robins (Butch Robins [banjo], Dudley Connell [vcl/gt], Ronnie Bowman, Mike Armistead [vcl], Sammy Shelor [gt/ banjo/ mandolin], David Grier [gt],  Dewey Farmer/ Mike Compton [mandolin], Bill Monroe [mandolin], Larry Perkins/ Marvin Cockram/ Mike Bub [bass], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Randy Howard /Jimmy Campbell [fiddle]. Producer: Joseph C. Robins, Kerry Hay)
042 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
043 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
044 JAMBOREE Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
045 CUCKOO'S NEST Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
046 SHORT'NIN' BREAD Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
047 NORTHWEST PASSAGE Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
048 SPACE CAPTAIN/DOIN' MY TIME Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
049 OLD EBENEZER DANGERFIELD Hay Holler HHH-CD-108  
050 THE GOLDEN WEST Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
051 OLD LONESOME WALTZ Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
052 KENTUCKY WALTZ Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
053 MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
054 I'D LIKE TO BE OVER YONDER Hay Holler HHH-CD-108
055 TANYARDS Hay Holler HHH-CD-108  
2011 [during rehearsal] Ohmsen’s studio,  Salem, VA - Butch Robins' Imagicnation (Butch Robins [banjo], Tom Ohmsen [mandolin/bck vcl],  John McBroom [ld vcl/bass], Kris Hodges [drums/bck vcl])
I01 BLUE GRASS FOGGY BREAKDOWN MOUNTAIN EXPRESS STOMP Flatt River FFP-1138
I02 WHITE FREIGHTLINER BLUES Flatt River FFP-1138
I03 MARLINTON Flatt River FFP-1138  
I04 SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD Flatt River FFP-1138
I05 HAMBONE Flatt River FFP-1138
I06 LITTLE SWING HOUSE Flatt River FFP-1138
I07 SAILOR'S HORNPIPE Flatt River FFP-1138
I08 LADY MADONNA Flatt River FFP-1138
I09 ZOCACA BOSSA Flatt River FFP-1138
I10 WAKE UP Flatt River FFP-1138
I11 CROSS ROADS Flatt River FFP-1138
I12 WAYSIDE PARK Flatt River FFP-1138
I13 TWELVE O'CLOCK, EH, SONNY? Flatt River FFP-1138
I14 SAILIN' Flatt River FFP-1138

ALBUMS
HDS/Flying Fish 701 Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robins, Vassar Clements, David Holland: Sweet Georgia Brown; Sauerkraut; N’ Solar Energy; The Old Brown Case; Take The ‘A’ Train; Going Home; Mckinley Blues; Oconee; Vassar and Dave – 74 Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robbins, Vassar Clements, David Holland
Rounder 0086 Forty Years Late:  Dusty Miller; T To The 7th Power; Washington County;  Monkey In The Garden; Stumbling; Scruggs Medley; Grey Eagle; Forty Years Late; Sally Goodin; Alabama Boy; Talladega – 05-77
Rounder 0104 Fragments Of My Imagicnation: Earl's Breakdown; Slippin' On Ice; Twelve O'clock, Eh Sonny; Rural Retreat; Music In The Air; Mean Old World; On The Edge; Sand And Foam; I'm Goin' Away; Potter's Field; In The Blue- 78
Rounder 0130 The Fifth Child: I'll Be On That Good Road Someday; Cumberland Gap; Jerusalem Ridge; My Father's Footstep;  Kansas City Railroad Blues; Dear Old Dixie; Crossin' The Cumberlands; Cripple Creek; Mississippi Waltz; Bluegrass Breakdown; Blue Ridge Cabin Home - 80   
Hay Holler  HHH-CD-108 Grounded Centered Focused: Are You From Dixie; East Tennessee Blues; Jamboree; Cuckoo's Nest; Short'nin' Bread; Northwest Passage; Space Captain/Doin' My Time; Old Ebenezer Dangerfield;  The Golden West; Old Lonesome Waltz; Kentucky Waltz; My Father's Footsteps; I'd Like To Be Over Yonder; Tanyards – 95
Flat Five FFP-1138 Sketches:  Blue Grass Foggy Breakdown Mountain Express Stomp; White Freightliner Blues; Marlinton;  Sittin' On Top Of The World; Hambone; Little Swing House; Sailor's Hornpipe; Lady Madonna; Zocaca Bossa;  Wake Up; Cross Roads; Wayside Park; Twelve O'Clock, Eh, Sonny?; Sailin' – 21-04-11 Butch Robins' Imagicnation